Consciousness slowly surfaced, as if breaking free from the shackles of the past, reborn in that warm and dazzling gold.
Slowly opening his eyes, Gwyn felt as if the whole world had become clear.
“Is this… the fusion finished?” With this thought flashing through his mind, Gwyn wanted to lift his hand to see if the erosion patterns on his arm were still there.
But as he lifted his hand, Gwyn realized that his right hand seemed to be pressed down by something soft.
Turning his head to look in confusion, Gwyn couldn’t help but be stunned— The morning sun shone into the room through the window.
Mobius’s long, slightly wavy green hair seemed to be draped in a thin layer of golden gauze, revealing a different kind of vitality in this bright sunshine.
Her mature, charming, and pretty face, however, was just hidden in the shadow outlined by the quilt, like a little snake resting in the shadows, without her usual strength, instead revealing a unique tranquility.
As for Gwyn’s arm, it was currently being held tightly by Mobius as if it were a pillow, just like a branch wrapped by a snake.
His gaze swept around the room and finally landed back on Mobius.
Looking at her face sleeping soundly in the shadows, Gwyn felt a slight warmth in his heart— “It seems that when I was fusing yesterday, my vital signs changed drastically, making the Doctor busy for most of the night.
After the situation stabilized, she prepared to continue observing, but ended up falling asleep beside the bed…” Not moving his right hand again, and feeling lucky that he hadn’t just squeezed that softness—which didn’t feel like a quilt—to see what it was, Gwyn just gently shook his left arm, letting his sleeve fall, and saw that the pale skin, which had originally been covered with ominous purple patterns, had returned to normal, with no trace of Honkai Energy erosion to be seen.
“Done!” Seeing that the patterns left by the Honkai Energy erosion had disappeared, and this ticking time bomb that had threatened his life shortly after he transmigrated had vanished without a trace, the heavy stone in Gwyn’s heart finally fell to the ground.
Squinting lazily in the sunlight, Gwyn suppressed the urge to turn over and prepared to consider how to explain the changes in his body later— “Judging from the tray on the nightstand, the Doctor must have drawn blood from me during this time.
If my blood showed golden characteristics at that time, then she must have discovered the changes in me.
And Golden Blood… this kind of characteristic cannot be hidden once examined.” While thinking, Gwyn glanced at the sleeping Mobius again.
Recalling his experiences at the First Research Institute during this time, he didn’t feel much worry— “Tsk… forget it.
At worst, I’ll play dumb and say it’s all Honkai’s fault.
Anyway, the fact that I could survive being eroded to that extent before is already unreasonable enough, so now, my inexplicable recovery can also be attributed to Honkai.
At worst, I’ll cooperate with the Doctor on research.
Anyway, as a unique case, the Doctor won’t dissect me no matter what.
Besides, as a transmigrator, I’m a complete illegal resident in this world; if I leave here, I’ll have to find a way to make a living, so I might as well just hang around at the First Research Institute…” As he pondered in his heart, the path for the future gradually became clear.
Gwyn’s half-closed eyes suddenly opened, looking toward the direction of the door— He had just heard a faint sound; it seemed someone was opening the door while lowering their voice?
Observing slightly, Gwyn discovered that the door was indeed slowly being pushed open.
If his hearing weren’t exceptionally keen now, he probably wouldn’t have noticed it at all.
“Sure enough, the most intuitive change after becoming one of the Chrysos Heirs is the improvement in basic physical attributes.
With a dozen devices beeping around me, I can still keenly perceive that faint sound over there.
But…
who is outside the door?
Is it Klein?
Or Mrs.
Bianca?
But neither of them would be this cautious.” Watching the door that was indeed opening inch by inch, Gwyn couldn’t help but feel a twinge of doubt.
The Previous Era of Honkai he transmigrated into seemed to have slight deviations.
Klein, whom Bianka recommended, was already working as a beast of burden…
a graduate student under Mobius.
However, unlike Xu Shu who left after recommending Zhuge Liang, Bianka herself had not left, but was still working under Mobius.
Under Gwyn’s gaze, what emerged from behind the door was not the blue or green short hair he was familiar with, but…
a splash of lively pink?
Before Gwyn could even think about who it was, a pair of bright blue eyes peeked out, trying to sneak a peek at the situation in the ward, only to be instantly captured by a pair of equally bright black eyes.
“!” The eyes, mixed with worry and curiosity, blinked in surprise.
Long eyelashes fluttered gently, as if saying good morning enthusiastically.
“Shh——” Gwyn pointed at Mobius by the bedside, then placed his index finger in front of his lips, signaling that Mobius was resting there and not to disturb her.
The owner of the bright eyes understood instantly.
A small hand stretched out from behind the door to make an “OK” gesture, then pushed the door open even more carefully.
A moment later, with a gentle sway of silky pink hair, a girl in a white dress and black skirt, with a pink sash tied around her waist and no shoes on her smooth calves, wearing only white socks, drifted into Gwyn’s sight like an elf leaping into a painting.
“Elysia?” Even though there were differences caused by the transition from 2D to 3D, Gwyn, who had already guessed it in his heart, confirmed her identity the instant he saw the girl’s figure, and his eyes lit up immediately.
Seeming to notice Gwyn’s gaze, Elysia, who was on tiptoe, bowed slightly, like a dancer on stage, and an elegant smile appeared on her pretty face.
!
Gwyn gave a thumbs-up in response.
Suddenly, the elegant smile on the girl’s pretty face turned into a lively one.
She waved playfully at Gwyn, then pulled her phone out of her pocket, took a picture of the soundly sleeping Mobius by the bed, sent two messages to the contact labeled Bianka, and then tiptoed to Gwyn’s hospital bed, extending her hand with a sweet smile and showing her phone— “Hello, I am Elysia~?” Although he was not very familiar with the writing system of the Previous Era, the name Elysia and that iconic “~?” allowed Gwyn to completely confirm her identity.
“Hello, I am Gwyn.” Gwyn shook hands with Elysia gently, introducing himself without making a sound.
Seeing that Gwyn was still clearly anxious to keep quiet for Mobius, Elysia, who knew how popular she was, couldn’t help but look at Gwyn with even brighter eyes— Elysia actually knew quite a bit about Gwyn’s situation— Of course, it wasn’t Mobius who told her, but…
she was the one who led the team to break into that illegal private laboratory, and she was the one who brought the unconscious Gwyn, tortured by experiments, here!
Having experienced such inhumane torture and suffering from such a severe honkai sickness, he could still face life with a smile, and even not forget to care about the feelings of others…
“It seems I saved a very gentle person~?”